Comment by flukke

Lapislázuli is a REAL STONE, was the Chile's national stone between 1984 and 1993 :)

Comment by Zgamer96

Honestly how many people initially thought of Minecraft soon as they saw this?

Comment by Darkchilx

Not Diamonds? Fuuuu----!

Comment by kulbida

Reminds me of the song "Lazuli" by Beach House. From their new album entitled Bloom. In my opinion the best album of 2012 so far. Amazing stuff.

This indeed is a real precious stone and is fairly rare and prestigious.

Comment by Theilea

It looks like this is currently a difficult gem to get rid of for those doing the shuffle. While you can make rings - Ornate Band - these really don't sell for much on their own as the item level is very low. It may be profitable to disenchant them depending on your realm. The cuts are currently worthless on many realms.

Comment by Zabybos

They might be cheap stones but I can't seam to mine any and I need some for my engeneering.

Comment by avanli

Lapis LazuliLapis lazuli is probably one of the gemstones that has been mined since antiquity. Badakhshan province of Afghanistan is the source of the finest of lapis lazuli with the most intense and hypnotizing blue color. Lapis lazuli is found in limestone in the Kokcha River valley of Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan, where the Sar-e-Sang mine deposits have been worked for more than 6,000 years.Though at one point it was said to be more valuable than gold, today it is considered as a relatively rare semi-precious stone.Afghanistan was the source of lapis for the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, as well as the later Greeks and Romans. During the height of the Indus valley civilization about 2000 BC, the Harappan colony now known as Shortugai was established near the lapis mines.Lapis lazuli usually occurs in crystalline marble as a result of contact metamorphism and primarily contains Lazurite, Calcite and Pyrite. Uses of Lapis lazuli includes decorative stone carvings, interiors, mosaics, designer pools and of course jewelry.Lapis lazuli continues to mesmerize the modern civilzations with its immortal allure and Avanli is proud to be partners of sustainable and responsible mining projects in Afghanistan to bring the best of these specimens to our discerning clients.-avanli-

Comment by yuyang0224

to get rid of this, simply craft it and sell it to vendors. Or you can stock piles of them and sell them to future gemcraft when they are leveling in future expansions

Comment by Angelhearth

I did a small test and found that of 128 gems of this type (red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple) the yield was 16 perfect gems. 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 acording to color. Guessing the average to be about 14-15%.